DATASHEET

E-SERIES V
EFFICIENT,
VERSATILE
MODULAR
STORAGE
DATA SHEET
Reliable High Density
Storage Arrays
Turbocharged for High
Performance.

PRESENT PERFECT. FUTURE READY.

THE NEXSAN E-SERIES V STORAGE PLATFORM.
The Nexsan E-Series V is an ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient
storage system that enables organizations to lower their content storage costs,
maximize storage uptime, and boost data storage ROI.
The E-Series V storage arrays and expansion units offer mid-size organizations
affordable enterprise-level Fibre Channel, SAS and/or iSCSI SAN storage used for
a variety of capacity-optimized and performance-driven applications. For larger
organizations, E-Series V is a versatile SAN or DAS solution to stay ahead of the
enormous data growth, demanding workloads, and high resiliency requirements in
media & entertainment, government, healthcare, HPC, financial, surveillance and
service provider sectors.

TURBOCHARGED PERFORMANCE
E-Series V features an advanced active/active controller design, including use
of a dedicated hardware engine, or turbocharger, which accelerates RAID
parity generation and doubles the sequential write performance over the prior
version of E-Series. The turbocharged E-Series V is ideal for back-up/recovery
applications and continuous data streaming bulk storage applications.

HIGH-DENSITY, POWER EFFICIENT

Organizations deploying E-Series V systems are able to mix and match capacityoptimized HDDs, performance-optimized HDDs and SSDs to accommodate
applications based on performance or capacity needs. E-Series V systems
consume less than one-third of the power in one-third of the rack space of typical
arrays, with up to 240 terabytes of capacity in just one 4U, and up to a total of 720
TB in a fully-scaled, 12U configuration. Users of E-Series V systems can engage
Nexsan AutoMAID disk management capabilities to reduce power consumption
by up to 87 percent, reducing operating expenses and extending the overall life of
the system.

ULTRA-RELIABLE
E-Series V systems exceed the most stringent reliability demands, leveraging
an innovative mechanical design including Cool Drive Technology and antivibration design that significantly reduce heat and vibration in the unit while
improving system reliability and performance. The reliability of E-Series V is
qualified through extensive stress testing before shipment. Array-based snaps
and asynchronous replication extend E-Series V data protection capabilities.
For more information, download the Snap & Replication data sheet.

HIGHLY RESILIENT, CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE

HIGHLIGHTS
Reliability featuring Anti-vibration design and
Cool Drive Technology
Availability using Active Drawer
Technology and redundant hot
swappable active components
Density up to 60 drives in 4U
High Performance utilizes Imations
latest multi RAID engine controller
technology
Energy Efficient delivering up to 87%
reduction in power while lowering
your cooling needs through the use of
AutoMAID
Flexible Connectivity connecting via
SAS, Fibre Channel or iSCSI

The E-Series system features high-availability architecture, with multipathing

support and dual redundant, hot-swappable active components. SNMP alerts
or email notifications are sent to the administrator in the event of a component
failure and upon a drive failure a spare drive is automatically rebuilt into the
RAID set. With up to 16GB of battery-backed and flash-protected cache per
controller, the E-Series solution mirrors cache between controllers in a dual
controller configuration. Active Drawer Technology overcomes the challenges
of competitive arrays by allowing a single drawer of drives to be pulled out and
serviced easily while keeping your data available.

E-SERIES V MODEL AVAILABILITY

E-Series V is offered in four core configurations with available expansion units:
E60VT (240 TB in 4U)
E48VT (192 TB in 4U)
E32V (38.4TB in 2U, 2.5" drives only)
E18V (72 TB in 2U)

Easy to Manage remotely managing

one or many systems within a single,
intuitive GUI.

DATASHEET

Imation Corp. 1 Imation Way, Oakdale, MN 55128-3414 | p. 651.704.4000 f. 651.537.4675 | www.imation.com/nexsan

Imation Corp. Nexsan, the Nexsan logo, E-Series, FASTier, E-Centre and NestOS are trademarks of Imation Corp. All other trademarks
are property of their respective owners.
(Rev. 04/03/14)

System Form Factor

Max Number of Drives
Raw Storage (Max)

E18V

E32V

E48VT

E60VT

2U
18 drives

2U
32* drives

4U
48 drive

4U
60 drives

54

32

144

180

216TB

38.4TB

576TB

720TB

16GB

16GB

Controllers (Max)
Cache/Controller (Max)

2
4GB

4GB

Drive Types**

7.2K SAS, 10K SAS, 15K SAS, SSD

RAID Levels

0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, 6
1GbE/10GbE iSCSI
8Gb FC
6Gb SAS

Network Protocols

Dimensions Height

3.47 in
8.81 cm

3.47 in
8.81 cm

6.93 in
17.6 cm

6.93 in
17.6 cm

Dimensions Depth

31.5 in
80.00 cm

31.5 in
80.00 cm

33.46 in
85.0 cm

37.99 in
96.5 cm

Dimensions
Depth w/Front Bezel

32.82 in
83.4 cm

32.82 in
83.4 cm

35.63 in
90.5 cm

40.16 in
102 cm

Dimensions Depth w/ Front

Bezel and rear handles

33.27 in
84.5 cm

33.27 in
84.5 cm

36.06 in
91.6 cm

40.59 in
103.1 cm

Maximum Weight w/drives

& rails

108.2 lbs
49.1 kg

90.2 lbs
40.9 kg

201.1 lbs
91.2 kg

235.5 lbs
106.8 kg

Operating Temperature Range

Operating Humidity Range

5C to 30C
41F to 86F

5C to 35C
41F to 95F

20% to 80% non-condensing

Operating Altitude

0 to 2,133 m
0 to 7,000 ft

Non-Operational Altitude

0 to 12,192 m
0 to 40,000 ft

* 2.5" only (all others support 2.5" or 3.5")

** For the latest supported drives go to www.imation.com/nexsan

DATASHEET

Imation Corp. 1 Imation Way, Oakdale, MN 55128-3414 | p. 651.704.4000 f. 651.537.4675 | www.imation.com/nexsan

Imation Corp. Nexsan, the Nexsan logo, E-Series, FASTier, E-Centre and NestOS are trademarks of Imation Corp. All other trademarks
are property of their respective owners.
(Rev. 04/03/14)

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

ACTIVE DRAWER TECHNOLOGY
No system downtime - Allows for easy, hot-swappable drive management
Drives remain active when drawer is open
Increased reliability and reduced external wire management
COOL DRIVE TECHNOLOGY
Optimizes air flow and component cooling
Increases product reliability by reducing component temperatures
System redundancy ensures adequate cooling even if a fan fails
Variable speed fans with temperature sensors
ANTI-VIBRATION DESIGN
Reduces vibration to improve system performance and reliability
Drives mounted counter-rotating
Thick plates in chassis eliminate vibrations
Anti-vibration fan mounts
AUTOMAID
Up to 87% energy savings and lowers your cooling needs
Ideal for backup to disk or bulk storage scenarios
Configurable on a per-disk set basis
Easy to set up and maintain via GUI
Can improve drive reliability by reducing power-on-hours
ADVANCED CONTROLLER*
Dedicated hardware engine accelerates RAID parity generation
Up to 2x the sequential write performance over the prior generation
E-Series systems.
wData protection maintained even through power outage via onboard
flash-based emergency backup storage
Power-controlled riser card enables data offload from DIMM to
controller flash
* Available only in the E48VT and E60VT

ABOUT IMATION
Imation is a global data storage and information security company. Imations Nexsan portfolio features solid-state
optimized unified hybrid storage systems, secure automated archive solutions and high-density enterprise storage
arrays. Nexsan solutions deliver high performance for mission-critical IT applications such as virtualization, cloud,
databases, and collaboration; and energy efficient, high-density storage for backup and archiving.

DATASHEET

Imation Corp. 1 Imation Way, Oakdale, MN 55128-3414 | p. 651.704.4000 f. 651.537.4675 | www.imation.com/nexsan

Imation Corp. Nexsan, the Nexsan logo, E-Series, FASTier, E-Centre and NestOS are trademarks of Imation Corp. All other trademarks
are property of their respective owners.
(Rev. 04/03/14)